First World Problems

longm1985 · 01-02-2021, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

The X5 was in the shop a couple of weeks ago and they gave me a brand new, with only 150 or so miles on it, X2. WTF?!?!?!!! 5-3=2. They should have given me AT LEAST an X3.

To add to the outrage, there were NO HEATED SEATS!! Both my GF and I had to get into a car with cold leather UNHEATED seats.

What has happened?!?!!! Has civilization completely collapsed!?!!

Someone close the door and turn the lights off on our civilization when they leave the room!!

UNHEATED SEATS? WHAT IS THIS BLASPHEMY!!!!

No seriously. A BMW without heated seats. How??? Is the X2 the BMW that people buy just to say they have a BMW, like the Mercedes A class?

MKSixer · 01-02-2021, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by longm1985

UNHEATED SEATS? WHAT IS THIS BLASPHEMY!!!!

No seriously. A BMW without heated seats. How??? Is the X2 the BMW that people buy just to say they have a BMW, like the Mercedes A class?

It's incredible. Absolutely incredible. The damnedest thing is that it cost over 48K for the little thing. My daughter loved it but I was ready to give the thing back after 2 kilometers.

longm1985 · 01-02-2021, 12:15 PM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

It's incredible. Absolutely incredible. The damnedest thing is that it cost over 48K for the little thing. My daughter loved it but I was ready to give the thing back after 2 kilometers.

God, I'd be unwilling to take it lol. The thought of unheated seats... And $48k????? I'd be willing to bet my 328Xi wasn't that much new, and adjust for inflation, still wouldn't be.

I got stuck with a Saturn Vue as a loaner since I dropped off my BMW overnight to get the alignment done the next morning. Good god. One of the WORST things I've ever driven... Interior squeaked something awful, steering was... sort of (alignment was spot on though), acceleration was barely a thing (and my 328 is NOT quick, but felt like a damned Indy car after this thing), no heated seats or anything, the plastics were so unbelievably cheap feeling, the feeling the turn signal made as it clicked still makes me cringe to think about... No. I hope I never get stuck with that again, but I have a feeling I will, since it's my local indie BMW shop.

Edit: I did the math with an inflation calculator. My 328 would be roughly $45-50k given the options. Wow. $48k doesn't go far anymore does it?

MKSixer · 01-02-2021, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by longm1985

God, I'd be unwilling to take it lol. The thought of unheated seats... And $48k????? I'd be willing to bet my 328Xi wasn't that much new, and adjust for inflation, still wouldn't be.

I got stuck with a Saturn Vue as a loaner since I dropped off my BMW overnight to get the alignment done the next morning. Good god. One of the WORST things I've ever driven... Interior squeaked something awful, steering was... sort of (alignment was spot on though), acceleration was barely a thing (and my 328 is NOT quick, but felt like a damned Indy car after this thing), no heated seats or anything, the plastics were so unbelievably cheap feeling, the feeling the turn signal made as it clicked still makes me cringe to think about... No. I hope I never get stuck with that again, but I have a feeling I will, since it's my local indie BMW shop.

Edit: I did the math with an inflation calculator. My 328 would be roughly $45-50k given the options. Wow. $48k doesn't go far anymore does it?

No it doesn't!! And if you're over 5'-8" getting into and out of it is very challenging. I can't haul anything and if you don't have the big engine, it can't get out of its own way. But it does have BMW labels in 4 places, the stand fore and aft, and on the C-pillar accenting the Hoffmeister Kink. Brilliant design.

longm1985 · 01-03-2021, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by MKSixer

No it doesn't!! And if you're over 5'-8" getting into and out of it is very challenging. I can't haul anything and if you don't have the big engine, it can't get out of its own way. But it does have BMW labels in 4 places, the stand fore and aft, and on the C-pillar accenting the Hoffmeister Kink. Brilliant design.

I'm 6'4". Nothing is made for me. Nothing. Particularly regular hardtop Minis that my wife seems to like...

kb2wji · 01-03-2021, 06:34 AM

I've had a Gerber 06 Auto knife for 9 years. The spring broke. I tried to buy a new one through Gerber and they sent me a brand new 06 Auto knife ($175ish). I then bought a spring online for $3 and fixed my old 06 Auto. I now have 2 of them. My first world problem is that I stripped a torx screw on my old one and can't find a replacement online.

floridaorange · 01-03-2021, 07:56 AM

All of my problems because I've only ever lived in a First world Nation.

cmyx6go · 01-03-2021, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by longm1985

God, I'd be unwilling to take it lol. The thought of unheated seats... And $48k????? I'd be willing to bet my 328Xi wasn't that much new, and adjust for inflation, still wouldn't be.

I got stuck with a Saturn Vue as a loaner since I dropped off my BMW overnight to get the alignment done the next morning. Good god. One of the WORST things I've ever driven... Interior squeaked something awful, steering was... sort of (alignment was spot on though), acceleration was barely a thing (and my 328 is NOT quick, but felt like a damned Indy car after this thing), no heated seats or anything, the plastics were so unbelievably cheap feeling, the feeling the turn signal made as it clicked still makes me cringe to think about... No. I hope I never get stuck with that again, but I have a feeling I will, since it's my local indie BMW shop.

Edit: I did the math with an inflation calculator. My 328 would be roughly $45-50k given the options. Wow. $48k doesn't go far anymore does it?

Wait! What? Didn’t they stop making Saturns like 10 years ago?

Robin_NL · 01-03-2021, 09:21 AM

Mine is:
January 10th last year I ordered a 2020 Ed White cal. 321 Omega Speedmaster.

Still not there. Prolly feb 21 my AD says.....

Every day is hell.

jk
Cheers
Robin

longm1985 · 01-04-2021, 09:07 AM

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Wait! What? Didn’t they stop making Saturns like 10 years ago?

This was an 05 ish. Gaaah. I shudder thinking about that turn signal.

cmyx6go · 01-04-2021, 09:19 AM

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This was an 05 ish. Gaaah. I shudder thinking about that turn signal.

I don't know what surprises me more - that a 2005 Saturn is still going or that it is being used as a loaner.

Littlebear · 01-04-2021, 09:22 AM

After reading too much of this thread, my 1st world prob is:

boredom

longm1985 · 01-04-2021, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by cmyx6go

I don't know what surprises me more - that a 2005 Saturn is still going or that it is being used as a loaner.

It was in really, really good shape too, aside from the driver's seat being ripped. Had fewer miles than my car too.

Turkish Pickle · 01-04-2021, 10:40 AM

I really wanted to get a M340i for myself as a graduation gift, but instead I decided to buy a house since mortgage is cheaper than rent in that area and use what I'd use for a down on a car as down on a house.

I can't comfortably afford both and I'm too deep in the home buying process to buy a mattress that'd fit in a G20.

UncleWede · 01-04-2021, 12:06 PM

Smoke, or honey roasted almonds for a snack this morning???

dreamingat30fps · 01-04-2021, 12:08 PM

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Originally Posted by UncleWede

Smoke, or honey roasted almonds for a snack this morning???

Bacon

NorCalAthlete · 01-04-2021, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Turkish Pickle

I really wanted to get a M340i for myself as a graduation gift, but instead I decided to buy a house since mortgage is cheaper than rent in that area and use what I'd use for a down on a car as down on a house.

I can't comfortably afford both and I'm too deep in the home buying process to buy a mattress that'd fit in a G20.

Annual payments won't even equal my property tax, and will barely be a dent compared to the 6-figure down payment I'm sitting on while hunting for a spot to buy. Fuck it. If I don't pull the trigger on a house in the next 2 weeks I'm putting the order in for a G22.

Cheapest spots around me are like $600k for a shitbox teardown that was burned out and uninhabitable. Halfway decent turnkey condo / townhouse with a $650 / month HOA fee are gonna run me in the $850k+ range, $950k for something at the lower end of nice.

Might as well get the BMW, the payment may end up being less than my HOA fees.

UncleWede · 01-04-2021, 02:58 PM

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Originally Posted by dreamingat30fps

Bacon

Here is my bacon card, I'm not worthy

GenXer · 01-04-2021, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by M_Six

I so miss my heated steering wheel from my X5. The idiot who originally owned my GLC300 got heated seats, but no heated steering wheel. Obviously some lame-brain who wore mittens all winter.

Outrageous!
Good thing they don't make you adjust your wipers interval manually like a pedestrian.

M_Six · 01-04-2021, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by GenXer

Outrageous!
Good thing they don't make you adjust your wipers interval manually like a pedestrian.

Well....my MB does have rain sensing wipers, but they suck compared to the BMW version.

Turkish Pickle · 01-05-2021, 12:56 AM

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Originally Posted by NorCalAthlete

Annual payments won't even equal my property tax, and will barely be a dent compared to the 6-figure down payment I'm sitting on while hunting for a spot to buy. Fuck it. If I don't pull the trigger on a house in the next 2 weeks I'm putting the order in for a G22.

Cheapest spots around me are like $600k for a shitbox teardown that was burned out and uninhabitable. Halfway decent turnkey condo / townhouse with a $650 / month HOA fee are gonna run me in the $850k+ range, $950k for something at the lower end of nice.

Might as well get the BMW, the payment may end up being less than my HOA fees.

Holy shit... I knew the Bay was expensive, but not that much

The townhome I'm buying is $170k, hoa is $195/mo... The car actually does come out cheaper than your HOA fee alone

Then again i've just graduated college last week so obviously there's some income/savings discrepancy between us too

NorCalAthlete · 01-05-2021, 01:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Turkish Pickle

Holy shit... I knew the Bay was expensive, but not that much

The townhome I'm buying is $170k, hoa is $195/mo... The car actually does come out cheaper than your HOA fee alone

Then again i've just graduated college last week so obviously there's some income/savings discrepancy between us too

I'm only a few years ahead of you.

But hey, feast your eyes on this, for the low, low price of $829,000 and no HOA fees! Even a $70k price cut this year.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1...19559068_zpid/

If you'd like to spend a bit less in a worse area, you could go with this fine $648,000, 2/2 condo/apt....with a $716 / month HOA fee.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2...19491999_zpid/

To be sure these are some of the more egregious examples in this price range, but....yeah.

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